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An A to Z (almost) of Top Notch Romantic Piano Concertos

	Kurt Atterburg: Piano Concerto Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £8.28 Lush.
	Brahms: The Piano Concertos; Fantasias Op.116 by Berliner Philharmoniker Buy new: £10.08 / Used from: £8.99 Benchmark versions of Brahms's two concertos, especially the first.
	Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £7.38 Listen to the two slow movements and weep.
	Dvorák - Piano Concerto. Schubert - Wanderer Fantasia by Richter/Klieber Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.99 A much maligned concerto given the advocacy it deserves by the one and only Sviatoslav Richter.
	Englund: Symphonies "Blackbird" & "Nostalogic Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.48 Won't be to everybody's taste, but I like it (and his name begins with E).
	Franck- Symphonic Variations Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £2.39 The Symphonic Variations is the most famous work here, but try the other two, they're actually rather good.
	Grieg Piano Concerto - 6 Lyric Pieces, Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 by Leif Ove Andsnes Buy used from: £5.90 Evergreen Grieg.
	Holbrooke/Wood: Piano Concertos Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £5.99 Holbrooke's first and Haydn Wood's singleton, both unashamedly romantic.
	Khachaturian: Orchestral Works Buy new: £9.79 / Used from: £3.83 So I and J stumped me, but Khachaturian's one is a real winner.
	The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 30 Lyapunov by Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £12.06 All of Lyapunov's output for piano and orchestra on one CD. Sorted.
	The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 08 Medtner 1 & Quintet Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £9.01 Don't forget to try Nos. 2 and 3 as well, also on Hyperion.
	Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.34 Music from the film 'The Piano' consolidated into a very enjoyable concerto.
	Prokofiev - Piano Concertos 1, 3 and 4 by Kun Woo Paik/Polish Nrso/Wit Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.38 Nope, O's gone too, but there are plenty of choices for P. Don't forget to try Parry, Palmgren, Poulenc and Paderewski as well.
	Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.74 Rachmaninov. Nuff said.
	Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra by Stephen Hough Buy new: £24.98 / Used from: £42.74 Fact: You won't be disappointed if you buy these. Divine from start to finish.
	Tveitt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £1.95 Well, I could have chosen Tchaikovsky, but everyone knows about him. Try Tveitt for a change
	Vaughan Williams, Delius: Piano Concertos; Finzi: Eclogue Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £4.99 Oh look, you get Finzi's beautiful Eclogue as well!
	Weber: Piano Concertos Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £7.98 Not the best, but the only W I have...
	The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 11 Sauer & Scharwenka Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £7.15 OK, so maybe using Xaver Scharwenka is cheating a little, but it really is very good. Y and Z elude me, for now...